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From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1)
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Subject: Western Press Dark Materials Re: Western Press Infallibility
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 13:37:41 +0000
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In article <a0876da4b5de80c46ae8ec94523328e1@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>In article <1725108944.691998@nyx2.nyx.net>, bmoore <bmoore@nyx.net>
>>wrote:
>
>>You have said before that you don't listen to the Western press with
>> regard to China. Then you quote the >Western press as a reliable source
>> about beliefs of the Chinese people. Makes no sense.

>I still don't believe Western press as a reliable source about China and
>Chinese.
>Why? Simply put. Their reports are often not supported by evidence.

>In contrast, I have no problem quoting Western press concerning polls
>answered by CHINESE CORRESPONDENTS.
>Especially those I could look at the polling organization's methodology
>and resultant statistics myself.

>In comparison, there were a lot of talks in the Western press on Chinese
>Debt Trap. Where are the evidence and associated statistics? In their
>absence, I have no reason to believe those reports.

And Chinese Debt Trap -, aka Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy, is also
debunked.
Because such narrative is not supported by evidence.

The following site is a good place to understand the so called Chinese
Debt Trap.
A term used by Western presses and governments' to misinform readers
about China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy

"A neologism, the term was first coined by Indian academic Brahma
Chellaney in 2017 to contend that the Chinese government lends and then
leverages the debt burden of smaller countries for geopolitical
ends.[2][3] The term "debt-trap diplomacy" has entered the official
lexicon of the United States, with two successive administrations
employing the term in public diplomacy. Many academics, professionals,
and think tanks have rejected the hypothesis, concluding that China's
lending practices are not behind the debt troubles faced by borrowing
nations, and that Chinese banks have never seized an asset from any
nation, and are willing to restructure the terms of existing
loans.[4][5][6][7][8]"